History Film / Pilgrimage2017

* TheArcher: One of the Norman men at arms is a veteran archer with a grey beard. He seems to be the most competent of the rank-and-file men.

* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: The relic is hinted to have divine power, but it's never really clear. The monks clearly believe it does, after it's struck by lightning early on but shows no visible damage. The most overt example is when they pull it out and follow the sound of bell chimes through a bog. The bell has an mundane explanation, but it's never clear whether it was divine providence.

* KillEmAll: [[spoiler:Diarmuid is the only character who's still alive at the end, except for Cathal and the Mute, who are both mortally wounded and unlikely to survive.]]

* AmbiguouslyHuman: The Mute. He's insanely tough, [[ScarilyProficientTracker improbably good at tracking]], occasionally flies into a violent berserker rage, is clearly trying to atone for ''something'', and never speaks a single word [[spoiler:until the end when Raymond de Merville asks him where he came from, and the Mute replies "Hell."]] It's heavily implied that he's a former Crusader, but whether [[he's being [[AngelUnaware literal]] or [[WarIsHell metaphorical]] when he says he came from "Hell." After being stabbed by Raymond, the Mute kills him, ''stands back up'' and then advances on Raymond's last three men, leaving open the question of whether he's just a [[MadeOfIron ridiculously tough]] dude driven by religious fanaticism, or some kind of actual supernatural entity.]]

* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: The relic is hinted to have divine power, but it's never really clear. The most overt example is when they pull it out and follow the sound of bell chimes through a bog. The bell has an mundane explanation, but it's never clear whether it was divine providence.

* StoicWoobie: The Mute cares deeply for Diarmuid, wants to protect the monks, and live a quiet life, while simultaneously fearing [[spoiler:his own capacity to go into a berserker rage at any moment.]]

''Pilgrimage'' is a 2017 film starring Tom Holland, Richard Armitage, and Jon Bernthal. A medieval thriller, it tells the story of a group of monks charged with the safe passage of a holy relic. The journey does not go smoothly, to understate things, and the group are picked off one by one.

* WhamLine: [[spoiler: Asked where he comes from by Raymond de Merville, after already having received a fatal blow, the Mute utters his only line in the film: "Hell."]]

* BolivianArmyEnding: [[spoiler:For the Mute, who

* TheSilentBob: The Mute, for obvious reasons.

* WhamLine: [[spoiler: Asked where he comes from by Raymond de Merville, after already having received a fatal blow, the Mute utters a single word: "Hell." With this line, the audience realises that the Mute's silence is not a matter of physical disability, but rather a voluntary trait.]]

* [[BarbarianTribe Barbarian Tribe]]: The Irish, who are portrayed as violent warriors wanting only riches from the various groups encroaching on their land.

* [[CoveredWithScars Covered with Scars]]: The Mute takes off his shirt a few times in the film, each time revealing a mass of scars across his chest and back.

* [[HeroicSacrifice Heroic Sacrifice]]: [[spoiler:The Mute]] sacrifices his life towards the end of the film for [[spoiler:Diarmuid]].

* [[InterpretativeCharacter Interpretative Character]]: The Mute. Given his lack of speech and sparse, vague backstory, fanfiction writers interpret him differently; usually they work from the base elements of "soldier", "mute", and "cares for Diarmuid."

* [[MiseryBuildsCharacter Misery Builds Character]]: Perhaps the moral of the film, considering the ending, in which [[spoiler:Diarmuid is left alone on a boat to make his own decision about where he goes next.]]

* [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown No-Holds-Barred Beatdown]]: And how. The Mute delivers multiple of these, most notably towards [[spoiler:Raymond de Merville]].

* [[ScarilyCompetentTracker Scarily Competent Tracker]]: Raymond de Merville and his men tracking the group through the woods, a ''bog'', and ''across a river''. Also the Mute, when he is able to track the stolen relic.

* [[TheSilentBob The Silent Bob]]: The Mute, for obvious reasons.

* [[StoicWoobie Stoic Woobie]]: The Mute cares deeply for Diarmuid, wants to protect the monks, and live a quiet life, while simultaneously fearing [[spoiler:his own capacity to go into a berserker rage at any moment.]]

* [[WhamLine Wham Line]]: [[spoiler: Asked where he comes from by Raymond de Merville, after already having received a fatal blow, the Mute utters a single word: "Hell." With this line, the audience realises that the Mute's silence is not a matter of physical disability, but rather a voluntary trait.]]

Pilgrimage is a 2017 film starring Tom Holland, Richard Armitage, and Jon Bernthal. A medieval thriller, it tells the story of a group of monks charged with the safe passage of a holy relic. The journey does not go smoothly, to understate things, and the group are picked off one by one.

This film contains examples of the following tropes: